Category Archives: Top Stories
LaHood/Sorensen make statement on USPS delaying the move of mail processing centers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood (IL-16) and Eric Sorensen (IL-17) have released a statement regarding a letter from the U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy saying that the U.S. Po...
May 15, 2024 tsz01 / Depositphotos.com
UPDATE: Peoria's Quest Charter Academy appeal to stay open denied by state board
UPDATED 3:42 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Supporters of Quest Charter Academy in Peoria have lost their appeal to the state to keep its doors open. The Illinois State Board of Education rejected a renewal...
May 15, 2024
UPDATE: Biden, Trump agree to debate on June 27 and Sept. 10
UPDATED 4:10 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to face off in two debates on June 27 and Sept. 10, setting up the highest stakes...
May 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Combination picture showing former U.S. President Donald Trump attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023 and U.S. President Joe Biden participating in a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid and Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo/File Photo
UPDATED: Slovak PM Robert Fico in life-threatening condition after being shot
UPDATED 2:19 P.M. BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (Reuters) -Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was in a life-threatening condition after he was shot in a "politically motivated" assassination attempt when l...
May 15, 2024 Security guards react at the scene of a shooting incident of Slovak PM Robert Fico after Slovak government meeting in Handlova, Slovakia, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
Blinken says U.S. rushing ammunition, weapons to Ukraine amid fierce new fighting
KYIV (Reuters) - The United States is rushing ammunition and weapons to the front lines in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday during a visit to the country which has lately f...
May 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo
Illinois' Fallen firefighters honored at Memorial service
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - (Capitol News Illinois) Firefighters, families, and dignitaries from around the state gathered in Springfield on Tuesday to remember the firefighters who died in the line of duty i...
May 15, 2024 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Firefighters' Memorial Statue.
Quest Charter Academy rallies to keep the school open ahead of IBE decision
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A day before the state board of education decides its fate, the Quest Charter Academy community rallied in support of keeping the school open. The Illinois Board of Education will ...
May 15, 2024 (1470/100.3 WMBD)
Battles rage across Gaza Strip, Israel shows images of gunmen at UN site
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops fought militants across Gaza on Wednesday, including in the southern city of Rafah that had been a refuge for civilians, in an upsurge of the more than seven...
May 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Displaced Palestinians make their way as they flee Jabalia after the Israeli military called on residents to evacuate, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photo
Six big moments from Michael Cohen's Trump trial testimony
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen testified at the former U.S. president's criminal trial this week, asserting he had Trump's "signoff" to buy a porn star's silence and u...
May 15, 2024 Michael Cohen a former attorney for Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump, departs after testifying at Trump?s criminal trial, over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S., May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Peoria Council approved tax-based TIFs for areas along the riverfront and Galena Rd.
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria City Council approved two plans Tuesday night with the goal of boosting economic growth along the riverfront. Using Tax Increment Financing districts, Peoria can designate an are...
May 15, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
